Participants: Joyce Neal
Series Code: GH
Program Code: GH000020
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00:01 Heh guys, today I thought it would be fun to take an old
00:03 time train ride, it's an old steam engine. 00:06 I think it was built in 1929, is that right? 00:10 I got to get up here with the engineer, boy am I having 00:13 a blast, come on we're going for a ride. 00:17 What do you think Ricky? Yeah! 00:19 All aboard, come on. 00:41 Hi everybody, before we go on our great train adventure 00:45 I would like to tell you a little story of what 00:47 happened behind the scenes. 00:49 When we shot this episode of Grandma's House, 00:52 I took a bunch of enthusiastic kids on an 00:54 old-time steam train ride. 00:56 It was a warm summers afternoon up in 00:59 the hills around Mount Rainier. 01:01 In case you've never heard of Mount Rainier before, 01:03 it is just one of many volcanic mountains 01:06 near where I live. 01:07 Up in the northwestern corner of the United States. 01:10 Anyway the kids and I were all excited about this 01:13 excursion, it was just an absolutely perfect day, 01:17 the perfect chance to get away from the ordinary 01:20 humdrum of summer and have a really good time together. 01:24 We had to drive about an hour away from home to get up 01:28 to the train station. 01:29 So we loaded up in the old van and off we went. 01:31 We drove up and down and over narrow curvy roads, 01:35 Past the little town of Morton and down a dusty side road 01:39 to a tiny old logging community. 01:42 In the old days they used the train to bring the logs out 01:45 of the forest and get them to the mills in town. 01:47 Fortunately the guys from 3ABN were in the area and they 01:51 planned to meet us at the station to film our ride. 01:55 So you can take a peek and see some of what happened too. 01:59 Here is what the camera saw. 02:04 Good morning welcome to the steam train and 02:06 we're going to have a blast, got perfect weather, 02:09 we got all our kids and I can't wait to get on board 02:12 and see what is along the tracks. 02:14 Come on, all aboard. 02:44 Wouldn't it have been fun to ride in the old trains 02:45 like that? - oh yeah. - Whew! 02:47 Oh isn't this pretty up the tracks, look right into the 02:51 trees. Ohhhhhhh! 03:01 (Train whistle blowing) 03:23 Oh we are going to try go up to the Pullman's car 03:25 to see what is up in front of the train. 03:27 You'll all be careful. 03:33 Let's go up here. 03:37 Some of my kids wanted to come on inside and cool off a bit. 03:39 I love it in here. 03:40 Do you like the lights up there? Yeah! 03:43 Aren't they pretty? Looks like marble. - yeah. 04:29 (Train whistle blowing). 04:50 I guess we're getting really close to a shaky old Bridge. 04:53 There is a big Trestle that goes over a really high 04:56 gorge I think, and I am a little nervous because I don't like 05:00 heights, I hope it is not too tall. Let's see! 05:04 We have to hold on tight. 05:05 Oh here it is, here we come. 05:07 Okay let's look. 05:15 Oh, oh dear. Look how far down it is. 05:23 Oh look at those. 05:25 Oh yes you could. 05:26 You could parachute. 05:28 Ahhhhhh! Oh my! 05:35 I think this has been here too long. 05:37 Oh I hear it creaking. 05:43 Oh look there's a creek way down there. 05:46 A look at our shadow, do you see our shadow on the trees? 05:51 This is pretty but I sure hope it doesn't fall down. 05:53 I am really scared. - you're scared. - yes. 06:05 Oh that is cool. 06:32 We are having a blast and everything we see along the 06:35 tracks, aren't we having fun? Yes we are. 06:38 I'm glad that you could come along with us today too. 06:40 Ben I love it when you join us. 06:42 You can see along the tracks is all kinds of wildlife. 06:47 Wildflowers, I think I might have seen a bear out there. 06:54 Looks like the kind of the woods where a bear would live, 06:58 don't you think? Whew, what if you saw bear right now? 07:05 Would you like to go farther right now and see what is 07:07 up in the next car? - yeah. 07:09 Maybe if we are really lucky we could go up to the 07:13 engine after a bit. Do you think? I don't know. 07:18 Do you think we could try? - can we really go up there? 07:20 We can ask, they can always say no, right? 07:25 Maybe they will, maybe they won't will take our chances. 07:27 So why don't we go up into the next car and see what is 07:29 up there, okay, okay let's go. 07:56 Well as my mother used to say, we're all tired now. 08:01 When she said that she meant it was time for us to go 08:03 to bed, I think it might be time for us to go home 08:05 and take a nap too. 08:07 It's been a long afternoon but a really fun trip. 08:10 I'm so glad you came with us, right now if you go find 08:13 a paper and a pencil you can write down my address 08:16 so you could write to me. 08:17 You know I love getting letters. 08:19 So if you are ready here's the address. 08:25 Hey kids Graham Joyce would love to hear from you. 08:28 So why not sit down and write her a letter? 08:31 Like every grandma she loves to get pictures, 08:33 drawings or anything else you send her. 08:36 Just write to: 08:48 So what are you waiting for? Write her today. 08:54 It was a nice trip, Huh? 08:55 Kind of fun and interesting right? But not much 08:59 drama you say? Oh wrong. 09:02 You got to see part of the action, the real story 09:05 happened on the other side of the camera this time. 09:08 Like I said before, the crew from 3ABN was supposed 09:12 to meet us at the station a few minutes before 09:14 the time posted on the schedule. 09:16 But we didn't travel together from my house to the 09:19 station because the crew wanted to take a little 09:22 side trip and do some filming by themselves first. 09:25 We have plenty of time for them to do that and 09:27 we weren't worried with the kids and I got to 09:30 the station and the crew wasn't there yet. 09:32 We were so early we had time to explore a bit too. 09:36 As the time for departure got closer though, we went 09:41 back to the depot to wait for the train and 09:43 the guys from 3ABN. 09:45 Pretty soon other people started to arrive to get their 09:48 tickets too, a few people have become a crowd and 09:52 our friends still hadn't come. 09:54 We looked down the dusty road for some sign that 09:57 they were on their way, but we couldn't see a thing. 10:01 We paced back and forth as the minutes ticked by and 10:04 the engineer made a fire in the Firefox getting ready 10:07 to make water to turn into steam to drive the wheels 10:10 of the train. 10:11 We knew the old engine was getting ready to leave the 10:14 station and still the crew was nowhere in sight. 10:18 I was getting really worried, 10:20 the kids were getting rather anxious too. 10:22 Oh what would happen if the crew missed the train? 10:26 Well there wouldn't of been this program, that is what would 10:30 have happened, they would have missed out on a great 10:33 trip and we would have been saddened because we couldn't 10:36 share this time with them. 10:39 It was getting so late now, the conductor had called 10:43 all aboard, and some folks were climbing the ladder 10:46 into the open cars. 10:48 I wondered if Bobby and Cheryl had been in a wreck, 10:50 or if they had gotten lost. Who knew? 10:52 I was getting frantic and worried as I prayed for their 10:56 safety, just when I thought all was lost far away 11:00 around the bend on the dusty old road, I could see 11:04 a brownish sort of cloud rising above the trees. 11:08 A dirty white van came speeding around the corner, 11:11 going too fast and skidded on the gravel 11:14 and careened to a stop. 11:16 Ah ha, our team was here and not a moment too soon either. 11:20 Here they are I yelled to the conductor. 11:23 The crew spilled out of every door and grabbed their 11:27 gear as fast as they could and clambered aboard the old 11:31 locomotive, ha, gasping for breath. 11:34 We can laugh about it now, and I guess it was kind of 11:37 funny because everything turned out all right in the end. 11:41 But it got me to thinking, I was thinking about some of 11:44 the old time songs I remember about railroads and trains 11:48 and how they are likened to the good news about going to 11:51 heaven with Jesus. 11:53 One of these songs says: 11:54 Life is like a mountain railroad 11:57 with an engineer so brave. 11:59 We must make this run successful 12:01 from the cradle to the grave. 12:03 This one talks about how the most important thing in your 12:07 whole life is to stay with Jesus all the way and how 12:10 He will guide us safely through dark and dangerous 12:13 places to be home with Him at last. 12:16 Another song I remember is this one: 12:19 the Gospel trains a coming 12:20 I hear it just at hand 12:22 I hear the car wheel rumbling 12:25 rolling through the land 12:26 I hear the train a coming, 12:28 she's come-in around the curve. 12:30 She's loosen all her steam and breaks 12:32 and straining every nerve. 12:33 The fare is cheap, the rich and poor are there 12:37 no second-class aboard this train 12:40 no difference in the fare. 12:41 Then the chorus says: 12:43 get onboard little children, get onboard little children 12:47 get onboard little children, there's room for many a more 12:50 When some people hear about Jesus for the first time 12:53 they know right away they want to go live with Him and 12:57 they start getting ready immediately. 12:59 They know He is coming soon so they don't doddle around 13:03 taking side trips or get distracted by anything. 13:06 They look straight ahead and go for it. 13:09 That's the way I want to be too. 13:12 Then there are others who know the train is coming, 13:16 but they want to see and do other things first. 13:19 They don't want to miss out on anything so they think 13:22 they will do all the fun stuff first and get serious 13:26 about Jesus, oh I mean the train later. 13:28 Sometimes later never happens and they never get onboard. 13:33 And they never go home with Jesus, oh what a terrible, 13:37 terrible tragedy that would be. 13:40 You know what I'm trying to say by telling you this 13:42 little incident that happened when we were filming one 13:45 of our adventures don't you? 13:47 I'm trying to tell you with all my heart how important 13:50 it is for you to give your heart to Jesus right now. 13:54 Don't wait, and remember He loves you so much and so do I. |
Revised 2014-12-17